Example sentences of "[noun] has taken a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Commission can also impose penalties upon parties for failing to provide this information once the Commission has taken a formal decision requesting the information from the parties . |
| 32 | The Countryside Commission has taken a particular interest in these areas with the aim of promoting environmental improvement through Groundwork and other types of project . |
| 33 | On the question of the exhaustion of domestic remedies the Commission has taken a different approach . |
| 34 | In lead : President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has taken a big lead in Iran 's presidential election , winning nearly 70% of the votes counted , according to the first partial results issued by the interior ministry today . |
| 35 | He 's confident , too , claiming : ‘ Benn has taken a great risk in fighting me because , like Ruddock , he is very predictable and I aim to exploit his lack of variety . |
| 36 | The national energy crisis in the Philippines has taken a new turn with President Fidel Ramos being granted emergency powers to charge higher rates for electricity , after the World Bank suspended a $250 million loan to the state-owned National Power Corporation . |
| 37 | Although Wallingford is likely to remain staunchly Tory at thforthcoming election among the business community confidence in the Government has taken a hard knock . |
| 38 | It is only in the last hundred years that the West has taken a serious interest in exactly where the different Anatolian rugs were made . |
| 39 | RBS has taken a hard look at its branches in England , and decided to shut isolated outposts or develop new outlets to support them . |
| 40 | By taking over Thames , the firm has taken a big step towards becoming a powerhouse in British television . |
| 41 | It is here that Aspect has taken a crucial step with his latest experiment . |
| 42 | ‘ The war that has raged in Bosnia-Herzegovina over the past year has taken a staggering toll : thousands have been killed or imprisoned , thousands more are at risk due to hunger and exposure , and over two million people have been forced from their homes , ’ he said . |
| 43 | This expectation has taken a severe knock recently because of the effects of the recession leading employers to declare redundancy schemes , even for white collar staff . |
| 44 | It is July 1994 and the company has taken a relaxed attitude to preparation of its accounts since it was set up in 1991 . |
| 45 | Our discussion has taken a broad view of qualified defences , commenting also on some qualified defences which might be recognized but which do not feature in contemporary English law . |
| 46 | NEWTON Transport Services has taken a five-year lease on a 4,300 sq ft unit on the Greylaw Trading Estate in Aintree , Liverpool , paying in the region of £2.75 a square foot per annum . |
| 47 | A FIERCE price war in the bread market has taken a hefty bite out of profits at Sunblest to Silver Spoon sugar giant Associated British Foods . |
| 48 | Moscow 's foreign-exchange market has taken a dim view of the liberals ' chances of winning a decisive battle in the war for control of Russia 's economic policy . |
| 49 | There are 72 horses at Manton this year , and Luciano Gaucci has taken a big interest in the yard since acquiring Dr Devious last autumn . |
| 50 | The singer Elton John has taken a national newspaper to court over an article last December which claimed he was hooked on a bizarre diet which meant he spat out food without swallowing . |